Breach<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n [Origin: bef 1000; ME\u00a0breche<\/em>, OE\u00a0broec<\/em> breaking]<\/p>\n Like a mouth packed shut, the levee wants to open \u00a0\u00a0the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture<\/em> it desires the water’s fluorescence, the water’s depth, the water’s dirt \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0an infraction<\/em> and so the water, no pale lace collar fashioned of delicate mud, no mistress of careful spilling, the water in a storm surge cracks the floodwall apart \u00a0 \u00a0gap made in a wall, fortification, line of soldiers<\/em> sound of a gun shot and shot, sound of a bomb blast \u00a0 \u00a0a rift, a fissure, a severance of friendly relations<\/em> then silence as water erases, as water fills streets and takes everything with it: a hole of 200 feet \u00a0 \u00a0the breaking of waves, the dashing of surf<\/em> later you look on the city map \u00a0 \u00a0a violation, as of a law, trust, faith or promise<\/em> and it will be marked with a small red star like a bitter lipsticked kiss.<\/span><\/p>\n